Month: April 2024
The AI-focused cybersecurity vendor is slated to join a private equity portfolio that includes numerous security industry companies. Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson says the deal will enable ‘the next stage in our growth journey.’ Thoma Bravo has reached an agreement to acquire AI-powered security trailblazer Darktrace for $5.32 billion, as the private equity firm looks…
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A new campaign tracked as “Dev Popper” is targeting software developers with fake job interviews in an attempt to trick them into installing a Python remote access trojan (RAT). The developers are asked to perform tasks supposedly related to the interview, like downloading and running code from GitHub, in an effort to make the entire process…
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‘All of these tools are now available, the sophistication of how people can deploy these models across various business processes where there is data and where there is tuning of these models is also getting more widespread, even at systems integrators and other developers [that] are there to help enterprises,’ says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.…
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Check out what’s new in Version 15 of the MITRE ATT&CK knowledge base of adversary tactics, techniques and procedures. Plus, learn the latest details about the Change Healthcare breach, including the massive scope of the data exfiltration. In addition, why AI cyberthreats aren’t impacting CISOs’ budgets. And much more! Dive into six things that are…
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8. T-Mobile: $350 million In July 2022, mobile communications giant T-Mobile announced the terms of a settlement for a consolidated class action lawsuit following a data breach that occurred in early 2021, impacting an estimated 77 million people. The incident centered around “unauthorized access” to T-Mobile’s systems after a portion of customer data was listed…
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‘The growth we’re seeing across [Google] Cloud is underpinned by the benefit AI provides for our customers,’ Ruth Porat, president, chief investment officer and CFO, said during Google parent Alphabet’s first-quarter 2024 earnings call Thursday. Google parent Alphabet credited its strong first fiscal quarter of the year to solid Google Search and Google Cloud revenue.…
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Apr 26, 2024NewsroomNetwork Security / Zero Day Palo Alto Networks has shared remediation guidance for a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting PAN-OS that has come under active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-3400 (CVSS score: 10.0), could be weaponized to obtain unauthenticated remote shell command execution on susceptible devices. It has been addressed in…
Read MoreLong Article on GM Spying on Its Cars’ Drivers Kashmir Hill has a really good article on how GM tricked its drivers into letting it spy on them—and then sold that data to insurance companies. Tags: cars, insurance, privacy, surveillance Posted on April 26, 2024 at 7:01 AM • 0 Comments Sidebar photo of Bruce…
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Apr 26, 2024NewsroomMobile Security / Cybercrime Fake browser updates are being used to push a previously undocumented Android malware called Brokewell. “Brokewell is a typical modern banking malware equipped with both data-stealing and remote-control capabilities built into the malware,” Dutch security firm ThreatFabric said in an analysis published Thursday. The malware is said to be…
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In today’s digital world, where connectivity is rules all, endpoints serve as the gateway to a business’s digital kingdom. And because of this, endpoints are one of hackers’ favorite targets. According to the IDC, 70% of successful breaches start at the endpoint. Unprotected endpoints provide vulnerable entry points to launch devastating cyberattacks. With IT teams…
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